All photos by Brandon Bloch.
What do DC creatives need on a daily basis? We decided to ask them. Five Things answers the question: “What five things do you need everyday?” First up is artist Kelly Towles.

1. iPhone
Yup… need it. Sounds cliche. I need my iPhone. When you work for yourself, running around all the time, [...]

All photos by Brandon Bloch.
A few weeks ago, to celebrate the beginning of tourist season in our Nation’s Capital, ReadysetDC launched a curated competition called (re)DC: The Tourist T-Shirt with an aim to (re)visit, (re)imagine, and (re)design DC’s “tourist t-shirt”.
Our hope was that the growing creative talent of our city could create an iconic image [...]

Photos by Angela Aveta
“Reinventing the Black Comedian”. That was the title of Seaton Smith’s stand-up style presentation at TEDxPotomac. Seaton is definitely doing something right. His DVD taping “Seaton Smith: A Moment In Black Hipstery” is tonight at the Warehouse Theater. The 9PM show is SOLD OUT, however a second show has been added at [...]

Video by Brandon Bloch.
A few weeks ago we ran an interview with Twee, that crazy DC street artist fresh from Nova Scotia. Of course, it was soon revealed that this outlandish character was just that, a character imagined from the mind of artist Cory Oberndorfer for Jeffry Cudlin’s BY REQUEST at Flashpoint. We followed up [...]

Exhibit tour photos by Chris Svetlik. Howl in the City photos by Tracy Clayton.
This past weekend Anne Waldman came to Washington, DC to celebrate the National Gallery of Art’s exhibition of ‘Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg‘ (on view in the West Building through September 16), and to perform Allen Ginsberg’s historic and culturally iconic [...]

All beautiful photos by Tracy Clayton, unless noted.

“I would LOVE to see the District and community manifest this opportunity to create a historical moment in time where it created a voice and changed history and culture for the better.”

The first time I saw Christen Lien perform with her viola was at the Pop Tech event [...]

“don’t feel intimidated because you only have X camera and that awesome guy over there has Y camera. It’s about the photo.”

Next up in our series Against the Grain is Jennifer Wade. A D.C. area transplant hailing from Boston, she’s  making her mark on the Federal City one frame at a time…in Kodachrome slide film [...]

(Editor’s Note: We would like to welcome Ryan to ReadysetDC!)
All photos by Tracy Clayton.

“‘Cause you gotta touch the people in real life and people got to feel the energy.”

By 8pm, Commonwealth, a noteworthy streetwear store in Adams Morgan, had been transformed into an intimate performance space for the release of DC rapper, Tabi Bonney’s first [...]

(Editor’s Note: ReadysetDC’s Matt recently spoke to Daniel Velez, Managing Partner of Greater Goodslocated at 1626 U Street, NW to discuss their eco-friendly store to highlight DC’s green industry. How Green Can We Become? Read on to find out what Matt and Daniel discussed about Greater Goods’ products and services in the District.)

Matt: Do you [...]

Steven Greenstreet is a filmmaker. More specifically, he’s a jack-of-all-trades film mercenary who writes, directs, shoots, produces and edits. Whatever it takes to get the film made, he’ll do it. In addition to producing dozens of shorts, Steven has three feature-length documentaries under his belt that explore a range of explosive social issues. But his [...]

Kelly Towles was busy yesterday afternoon installing his latest exhibit, “The Peep Show” at Activation 440: The Artist Bazaar, which has a two-day opening reception this weekend, Friday, June 4th and Saturday, June 5th. If you plan to attend, you must RSVP HERE.
We agreed to very limited photography so that we don’t give away too much, [...]

All photos by Justin Young
“I hope people will invest in DC art and help its growth. We have it, the concept is there but the city needs to nurture it.”
Aniekan Udofia‘s work will be presented at Activation 440: The Artist Bazaar. The intricate details presented in his images causes us to see the world through [...]

All photos by Kim Maxwell Vu.
Mid City Artists’ (MCA) celebrated its largest open studio event to date this past weekend, showcasing over two dozen artists working and living in Logan Circle and its surrounding neighborhoods.
“Open studios provide direct access and insight to the process of contemporary artists,” said photographer Colin Winterbottom, a longtime MCA member. [...]

When Matt Dunn isn’t walking the streets of DC with camera in hand, he’s on the X2, 70, 52 or whatever random bus route tickles his fancy, camera to his eye.   In our lastest series Against the Grain we talked film, putting down the iPhone and becoming the ball.

DC = DIY

TC: How’d you get [...]

Editor’s Note: We would like to welcome Andy Hess to the ReadysetDC team!

Since forming in 2006, Washington, D.C.’s These United States have spent the better part of the past four years crisscrossing the U.S. and releasing a prolific amount of music (three records since 2008 with another coming out on July 20) while building their [...]

“Few rules exist” to the game, as one of the organizers stated during a conversation with ReadysetDC. Formerly known as “Journey into the Night”, Survive DC is back for it’s third installment on Saturday, May 15, 2010.
Teams liks, “Bros For The Win” and “The Lisa Frank Banditos”, will face stiff competition as they  compete against each [...]